Coaches comments about 3 officials...

[BlueDevilRef]

I agree that 3 is better than two but in all my years of playing, I never had a coach say "if we have two refs, we do this to try to get away with more crap, if we have three, we don't". I just don't really buy it. I'm sure strategies change but I doubt they are instructing illegal behavior "because there are only two of them, they won't see it"

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

I agree that 3 is better than two but in all my years of playing, I never had a coach say "if we have two refs, we do this to try to get away with more crap, if we have three, we don't". I just don't really buy it. I'm sure strategies change but I doubt they are instructing illegal behavior "because there are only two of them, they won't see it"

No, it's more likely they teach these strategies anyway, and assume they can get away with it more with 2 refs.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

I agree that 3 is better than two but in all my years of playing, I never had a coach say "if we have two refs, we do this to try to get away with more crap, if we have three, we don't". I just don't really buy it. I'm sure strategies change but I doubt they are instructing illegal behavior "because there are only two of them, they won't see it"

You are naïve' if you think there are not any coaches smart enough to effectively use this strategy.